Station Services
Bakersfield's Amtrak Station is a staffed station. It is equipped with both a manned ticket window, and Amtrak's Quik-Track ticket kiosk. The station also serves checked baggage and Amtrak Express. The station contains a large, enclosed waiting room. Taxi stands are located to the west, and a loading zone is located directly north of the station. It also contains a free, unattended parking lot.
The station contains two tracks and two platforms (one side platform, and one island platform). Each platform can hold a six-car train. A third track provides for overnight storage and is not used by passengers. There is also a 14-bus bay, located north of the tracks (just south of the taxi stand). Both the bus bay, and one platform are sheltered. Both platforms contain gate markers (labeled A through L), which mark the location of the doors on the train (when the train is made up of California Cars).
Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Bakersfield was the fifth busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 1400 passengers daily.
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